DOHA (Reuters) - Poland coach Czeslaw Michniewicz denied Mexico were the favourites in their World Cup Group C opener on Tuesday, saying all the teams at the tournament fully deserved to be there.
Poland, playing in their ninth World Cup, have not made it past the group stage since 1986 and will face Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Argentina in a bid to reach the knockout stages in Qatar.
"We have experienced players who have played in many tournaments, and there's a lot of youngsters who are just learning the big tournaments here in Qatar. I think this mix is right for us." "We are all at the World Cup, we feel as important as our opponents in the group. We don't give them any special rank."
"The first match is crucial. But I also don't hide the fact that we're adding zero points to our account ahead of the third match -- meaning will definitely be lost," goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny said."We only had three days from arrival to prepare the match, we joked amongst ourselves that we didn't have time to mess things up," he joked.
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